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+"""
+Helper functions to store scheduler state as json
+"""
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+def save(file: str, state: dict) -> None:
+    """
+    Dump the specified state dictionary in JSON format
+    """
+    with open(file, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(state, f)
+
+def load(file: str) -> dict:
+    """
+    Load the state from the specified file and return
+    an empty dictionary silently if the file doesn't exist.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(file, "r") as f:
+            return json.load(f)
+    except:
+        return {}